40,000 Years of Cultivation

Li Yao and Hei Yelan looked at each other, and even he could not help being deeply shocked by the "gaming society" of the new federation a hundred years later: "So, in the current federation society, if you don't take part in the "Civilization" game seriously, it's hard to move. Up?"

"It won’t be difficult to make an inch, but if you accumulate a lot of contribution points and game time in the game, it is indeed a great advantage in society. In addition to the ones just mentioned, the tax rate that has the most relationship with the common people is tax deductible when playing "Civilization". of."

Ling Xiaole explained, “The Star Federation is a high tax burden country. There is no way. The new Federation has just developed for a century. There are still many planets in the Seven Worlds that are in a state of poverty and poverty. They have to increase investment in infrastructure. Yes, the threat of the Imperial Expeditionary Force forces us to maintain an overly strong standing army, and the annual military expenditures are astronomical.

"Therefore, the lives of the people of the New Federation are far from carefree, and the basic tax rate will even reach more than 50% of the total income.

"However, generally, no one really pays so much tax. You can do all kinds of tasks in "Civilization" to reduce taxes. The better you play "Civilization", the lower the tax rate; and, Every year, various virtual competitions are held in each region, and champions can even be tax-free in full!"

Li Yao was dumbfounded: "Can I still reduce taxes by playing games?"

"I repeat again, this is not a pure game, but a'full simulation, cloud data, unified, Xinghai optical path aggregation platform'. Any decision made by anyone in "Civilization" can be regarded as His'Intellectual Property' may be of great help to the advancement of the entire'Xingyao Civilization'!"

Ling Xiaole said very seriously, "Isn't it reasonable to use ‘intellectual property’ instead of money and hand it over to the state?"

Li Yao pondered carefully, it seems that this is true.

In fact, as early as a hundred years ago, when he put forward the idea of ​​"using the "Civilization" game to start wisely", he considered the issue of public participation.

Because the higher the reality of "Civilization", the farther it is from the original meaning of the word "game". The composition of various massive data, the brain-burning operation and information processing, is not acceptable to ordinary players. .

It is naturally impossible for the Federation to force everyone to play a boring and extremely brain-burning game, but the amount of data collected does not reach a certain level, or it attracts only a small number of "deep players" instead of all walks of life. In terms of industry, men, women, and children, the final decision-making output has no practical guiding significance.

This problem had entangled Li Yao and others for a long time, until he left Tianyuan and went to the depths of the dark nebula, there was no good solution.

Unexpectedly, the new federation would solve it completely by using only the two tricks of "High School Entrance Examination" and "Tax Deduction Rate". It's really... amazing!

Ling Xiaole smiled and said: "Those just now can be regarded as more practical benefits. The next one is the most critical ‘honour’, which is the citizenship of the Star Federation.

"The federation, like the empire, also pays attention to the ‘citizen contribution points’ system. Only when the contribution points reach a certain level can they become true citizens and enjoy the power to determine the country’s future.

"However, the'citizen contribution points' of the true human empire can only be earned by completing various difficult, dangerous and complex tasks, such as hunting down beasts on undeveloped planets with inaccessible and harsh environments, which seems to be'fair.' How can ordinary people achieve this system?

"The Federation also has this type of mission. For example, as an'advance team', it can earn a lot of contribution points by exploring unknown resource planets. Even if the general public cannot complete these dangerous missions, they can still pass the "Civilization" Various tasks, accumulate contribution points, and learn how to be a qualified'citizen'!

"Yes, in the eyes of us in the Federation, the word ‘citizen’ is supreme, representing a great glory and a heavy responsibility, even more glorious than the word ‘cultivator’!

"You two should know that since the collapse of the Xinghai Empire 10,000 years ago, hundreds of civilizations have emerged in the broken galaxy. Many civilizations use elections and even referendums to determine the future, but their endings are all Very regrettable.

"It's not that the elections are bad, but even if you leave aside the inefficiencies of the elections, the real question is how to make the public understand that the tiny bit of power they hold is vital to the entire civilization!

"The highest speaker of the Federation is also elected, but we do not believe that anyone is born with the power to determine the future of civilization-human nature is selfish, untrained people are always short-sighted, and a large number of untrained people gather Together, it is not just short-sighted, it is simply a mob.

"This'rabbit crowd' means not just ordinary people, even those who are cultivators, even if they are good old monsters, before receiving the corresponding political, economic, social, and cultural training, they are also rabble, and they are not worthy of votes.

"The example here, I'm not targeting anyone, but in the late Xinghai Republic, under the control of the council controlled by countless cultivators, demons like'Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi' could emerge, and he easily captured the council's. Power, having been the supreme leader of Xinghai Republic for a while, it can be seen that the'cultivator' and the'citizen' are not naturally equal.

"I speak so directly, uncle, don't you mind?"

Li Yao gave a dry cough and did not speak, but Hei Yelan said unconvincedly: "I understand, isn't this an'elite decision-making' system. The masses are blind. Only the elite can determine the future of civilization. It makes sense. Ah, but what is the difference with the empire? I heard that in the real human empire, this kind of "elite decision-making" system is also adopted. It is not the emperor who has the final say. The nobles, lords and lords of various places also There are strong golden cores, old primordial infants and old monsters, and their words are very important!"

Ling Xiaole laughed: "There is nothing wrong with elite decision-making in essence. Governing a country is essentially a technique. Of course, we need to find experts.

"However, what kind of talent can be called a true'expert'?

"I don't deny that among the nobles, lords, and landlords of the true human empire, there may be many experts in planetary governance, but more people are just big fists, strong fighting power, and goodwill fights on the battlefield. Some people are even more miserable. , The best thing is to intrigue and hide the sword in the smile—someone becomes a nobleman because of his strong combat effectiveness. It does not mean that he will really govern the place. He may even be busy with cultivation, thinking about turning his fists into It's bigger, and I never thought about receiving the most basic public affairs decision-making training.

"Such a guy, let alone becoming a leader, even if he becomes the most ordinary ‘citizen’, I think it’s not enough.

"No way, the empire is like this, the weak eats the strong, the power is the king, it seems advanced, but it is just a group of steel barbarians equipped with starships and giant soldiers."

Hei Yelan took a deep breath and had nothing to say.

Li Yao smiled and said, "The federation is different?"

"Of course it's different."

Ling Xiaole proudly said, "The people of the Federal Republic have been trained in public affairs since they were young, and when they are adults they have basic civic qualities, and they understand that their choices and efforts are closely related to the future of the entire civilization! And in the end they can truly become citizens. They all prove themselves in the "Civilization" game. Not only do they have a deep understanding of economics, politics, culture, military and other aspects, they are relatively rational, calm, and have a long-term vision. They are also willing to invest a lot of time to contribute to their wisdom. Property' to serve the public!

"Such'citizens' have high and low cultivation bases, and most of them are not even cultivators, but they are well-deserved'social elites', and they can represent the voice of all federal people to the greatest extent possible. Choosing the highest speaker and determining the future development path of the Federation is the best system we can think of.

"Not only has it avoided that many civilizations in the past ten thousand years let a group of'rabbit crowds' choose leaders, choose a ruddy bag of gold and jade, and even ambitious conspirators, and finally everyone clings to ruin; and Xinghaiguanglu The ultra-high information transmission speed of the platform has also reduced the consumption of the election itself to the limit!"

Ling Xiaole's tail was swaying fiercely, and it was wiped from the tip of Li Yao's nose several times, making him want to sneeze.

"correct."

Li Yao rubbed the tip of his nose and asked, "There is one thing I just wanted to ask, is the Federation’s current means of transmission of divine thoughts sent to such a degree? Even divine data between two different worlds, Transmission and exchange can be completed in an instant. This'speed' is too scary. Even our Firefly technology seems to be unable to achieve this. At most, it can only complete instant data exchange in the same world. This kind of'universal unification' virtual platform that accommodates the seven worlds, with our technology, will collapse every minute."

Ling Xiaole hesitated for a moment. Li Yao knew that she received the instructions above through the ultra-micro sound transmission note array pasted on the eardrum. Three seconds later, the above agreed, Ling Xiaole said: "It's okay to tell you two, we originally There is no such technology, but a hundred years ago, when the new federation had not yet been established, the'old federation' had received a mysterious signal from the depths of the star sea."

"Oh?"

Li Yao sat upright, and the signal Ling Xiaole said was obviously the one that summoned himself to the Ancient Sacred Realm, which eventually provokes a lot of fierce men such as Meng Chixin and Long Yangjun.

Ling Xiaole continued: "To this day, the content of that signal is irrelevant, but the magical power to transmit this signal is of paramount importance.

"Federal scholars spent decades researching this signal, and finally determined that it was an advanced information transmission method from a primitive civilization. This kind of'gravitational wave'-like method can instantly cross the stars and realize the information between the two great worlds. Seamless.

"It is precisely by relying on this bunch of ‘preliminary signals’ that the federation’s information transmission technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, and finally a unified "civilized" world has been established!"